Security forces in Iran’s Kurdish province punished a criminal by forcing him to wear the feminine traditional Kurdish outfit in public in a bid to humiliate him.

Security forces in Iran’s Kurdish province punished a criminal by forcing him to wear the feminine traditional Kurdish outfit[2] in public in a bid to humiliate him, a local news agency said Wednesday.

Hundreds of Iranian women in the city of Marivan marched to protest the decision they described as a disgraceful act by Iranian security forces.

“This means of punishment is degrading to women in general and specifically Kurdish women,[4]” one of them said.

Marivan‘s Judicial court delivered a similar judgment earlier this month against three other criminals. The thugs were forced on Monday to wear red feminine Kurdish dresses.

The Feminist Kurdish Union in Iran organized peaceful demonstrations and women that took part wore the red Kurdish dresses out of respect for their traditional costume. They also chanted slogans that condemned the “insulting policies” against Kurdish society in Iran.

Kurdistan’s Women’s Union has also reported various other harms committed by Iranian security forces.

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